Coin and ticket holder.



' PATENTED MAY 3, 1904.

H. PAWL.

COIN AND TICKET HOLDER.

AIPLIOATION FILED MAB a 1904 N0 MODEL.

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HARRY PAWL, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

COIN AND TICKET HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 758,776, dated May 3, 1904.

Application filed March 3,1904. Serial No. 196,266- lNo model.)

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Be it known thatLI-IARRYPAWL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in (oin and Ticket Holders, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved coin and ticket holder which is particularly adapted for use in cities and towns where there is a great amount of travclingon surface and elevated railroads, a further object being to provide a device of the class described by means of which small coin and tickcts may always be kept convenientand ready for use; and with these and other objects in view the invention consists in a device of the class specified constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of whichthe accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts of m y improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved coin and ticket holder; Fig. .2, a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a view similar to Fig. 2, but showing parts removed and the hinged bottom of the device open; and Fig. l, a section on the line l at of Fig. 2.

In the practice of my invention I provide a box which in the construction shown is oblong and rectangular in form, but which may be of any desired shape, and this box, in the form of construction shown, comprises end portions u", side portions (1, a stationary top M, and a hinged bottom The end portions (1' are provided at both ends and just under the top (1 with slots or openings 6 and 7), and a similar slot or opening 7/ is formed in the end of the box opposite to that to which the bottom (1 is hinged. The top (1 of the box is also provided at one end with an opening i and at the other end with an opening 0 which is preferably larger than the opening 0, and

in the form of construction shown by a longitudinal slot Beneath the top It is secured a skeleton or framework comprising two similar casings (Z and connected by a top central and longitudinal guide-piece adapted to receive a slide (1, which is operated by a knob or handle (1", having a shank which passes through the slot 0 in the top (1 of the box, and the tops of the casings (land (1 extend to the top plate (I, but are open at their outer sides to form laterally-directed openings 0, which correspond with the slots or openings 1) and l) in the opposite ends of the box and which are provided with side walls or guards e, and the inner or adjacent top portions of the tubular casings (land are provided with openings which correspond with the guidepiece (P or the groove therein in which the slide (1 is placed, and the opposite ends of said slide are adapted to enter the tubular casings (Z and (Fthrough the openings The tubular casing is designed to form a receptacle for dimes, as shown at f, and the tubular casing (1 is designed to form a receptacle for nickels, as shown at f"..

\Vithin each of the tubular casings (Z and (Z is placed a movable cap-plateg, and the lower ends of said tubular casings are open, and placed in each below the cap-plates g is a coiled spring and below the tubular casings and (Z or between the same and the hinged bottom (1 is placed a movable plate having a flange and the springs bear on the plate and on the cap-plates y.

The bottom (1" is hinged, as shown at 71, t0 the end of the box opposite the slot or opening If, and said bottom is provided centrally with a longitudinal slot A, in which is mounted a slide provided at its outer end with a knob or handle and at its inner end with a tooth or prong i.

In practice the nickcls and dimes are placed in the tubular casings (Z and and the space between the plate g and the hinged bottom (4" is tilled with tickets, as shown at and the tickets j are pressed downwardly against the hinged bottom by the springs while the nickels and dimes are pressed upwardly these openings are placed in communication against the top a" of the box, and the number of the tickets and the number of the coins which the box will hold will depend, of course, upon the transverse thickness of the box.

It will be seen that the top nickel and the top dime are always parallel with the slide d, and by moving said slide in one direction a dime will be projected through the corresponding slot or opening Z1 and by moving said slide in the opposite direction a nickel will be projected through the corresponding slot or opening I).

In inserting the nickels into the corresponding tubular casing (Z the said nickels are successively passed through the slot or opening d and are depressed into said tubular casing by passing the thumb or finger through the opening 0 and the dimes are inserted through the slot or opening 6 in a similar manner. The hinged bottom a is provided with springclips or similar devices for holding it in a closed position in the manner of an ordinary match-box or similar device, and in forcing a ticket out of the slot or opening 6 the slide a is moved toward said slot or opening, and the tooth or prong & engages with the ticket adjacent to the hinged bottom a and said ticket is fobr cecl outwardly through the slot or openmg Although I have described the tubular casings (Z and (Z and the connecting member (Z as a frame or spider work, it will be apparent that a supplemental or false bottom may be employed in which the tubular casings (Z and (Z will be secured, and various ,Other changes in and modifications of the construction herein described may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

The box a is also preferably provided with a spring-hook or similar device m, by which it may be suspended from a chain, belt, or similar device, if desired, and although I have described the part a and the part a as the top and bottom of the box and the parts a as the sides of the box, it will be apparent that the parts a and a are the main or Wider sides of the box, while the parts a are the narrower sides thereof.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A combination coin and ticket holder, comprising a box the top of which is provided with holes near the opposite ends thereof connected by a longitudinal slot, the bottom of said box being hinged at one end and provided with a longitudinal slot, a slide mounted in said slot and provided at its inner'end with a prong, two tubular casings secured in said box and corresponding with the openings in the top thereof and open at the top and bottom and connected by a longitudinal guide, a slide mounted in said guide and operated by a knob or handle the shank of which passes through the longitudinal slot in the top of the box, said box being also provided at the opposite ends and adjacent to the top thereof with slots or openings, and in one end and adjacent to the free end of the bottom with another slot or opening, a movable plate placed in said box, springs placed between said plate and cap-plates in said tubular casings, substantially as shown and described.

2. A combination coin and ticket holder, comprising a box having a bottom hinged at one end and two tubular casings secured therein, slots in the opposite ends of thebox adjacent to the top thereof and in communication with said tubular casings, said tubular casings being also open at the top and bottom, a movable plate placed in the bottom portion of said box, movable cap-plates placed in said tubular casings, springs placed between said movable plate and said cap-plates, and means whereby coins may be inserted into and removed from said tubular casings, substantially as shown and described.

3. A combination coin and ticket holder, comprising a box having a bottom hinged at one end and two tubular casings secured therein, slots in the opposite ends of the box adjacent to the top thereof and in communication with said tubular casings, said tubular casings being also open at the top and bottom, a movable plate placed in the bottom portion of said box, movable cap-plates placed in said tubular casings, springs placed between said movable plate and said cap-plates, and means whereby coins may be inserted into and removed from said tubular casings, the bottom portion of said box being adapted to receive tickets, and means whereby said tickets may be ejected through one end of said box, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention 1 have signed my name, in presence of the subscribing witnesses,this 27th day HARRY PAVVL.

' of February, 1904.

Witnesses:

J. V. N. SIMoNsoN, WV. L. SMITH. 

